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Cape Lookout’s month-long run of big bluefish is a spring joy for anglers
The water inside the hook at Cape Lookout was absolutely flat calm as the sun peeked over the dunes and around the lighthouse on a windless May morning. […]
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Cobia capers at the capes – Cape Hatteras and Cape Lookout lure anglers, as well as cobia, to their waters this month
You can’t time it by the tides, the moon, or even the calendar, but as sure as the swallows return to Capistrano, cobia will show up this month from Cape Lookout to Cape Hatteras. […]
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Cover: May 2014 (NC) – Bass
May is a big-fish month for bass anglers on Shearon Harris Lake, and flounder will be thick at the nearshore reefs out of Masonboro Inlet and Carolina Beach Inlet. […]
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Millions of acres of public land gives hunters in the Carolinas a real shot at a turkey gobbler this month — if they’re up to the task.
In many places, spring means many things to many people, but for the diehard hunter who calls the Carolinas home, it’s full of sitting, listening and stalking a gobbling tom. […]
Bass Fishing
April is prime time to catch lots of nice largemouth bass on Lake Hickory.
Bass pro Tracy Adams has made no bones about the fact that he’s most comfortable fishing for bass in shallow water. […]
Bass Fishing
Water level, water temperature will lead anglers to Kerr Lake bass as the spawn approaches.
When the warm, afternoon sun warms the shallows to the 45- to 52-degree range, the underwater world at Kerr Lake, aka Buggs Island, becomes a stage for largemouth bass. […]
Bass Fishing
Relatively new Randleman Reservoir has all the makings of a great spring bass lake
If February and March are months when a queen-size bass might show interest in a lure, April is the time that anglers have the best chance to encounter truckloads of chubs. […]
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Don’t give up on tough gobblers, just change tactics
Very few wild turkeys are “easy” for hunters, but some are easier than others. Those gobblers that gobble at your first call on opening day and sail down within shotgun range fit in this category, along with the ones that respond the way any turkey hunter would expect them to and wind up 30 yards off the end of your shotgun barrel within 30 minutes.
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Dancing with the dolphins is a real possibility for North Carolina’s offshore fishermen in April
Peanuts. Gaffers. Slingers. Bailers. Goats of the sea. These all reference the fish known as dolphin or Mahi-Mahi. […]
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Albemarle Sound stripers are there for the taking before the spawning run begins
Stripers are one of the winter staples for fishermen in Albemarle Sound, and Capt. Karl Helmkamp of Fistful Charters knows all about them, especially how to catch them. […]